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Also, please feel free to call the church office (650.726.4621) to inquire about any of the church's programs or ministries.
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Worship
Every weekend the church family worships together. This is the very heart
of our life together as a church family. Worship IS what we do.
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Sunday, 8:00 a.m.--a half-hour service of prayer and meditation. This is a time for personal reflection and prayer. The pastor reads the Bible reading for the day and may make a very brief comment
to focus reflection. The Lord's Supper or Holy Communion is available every Sunday during this service.
Sunday 8:30 a.m.--a 45-minute worship service.
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Sunday, 10:00 a.m.--an hour-and-fifteen-minute "family
service." Children are present for beginning
of the service, and the pastor then spends a few
moments with the children before they go to Sunday
School. The service is highlighted by music
from one of the church's choirs or musical ensembles,
as well as hymns, Bible readings, and a sermon
from our minister.
CoffeeHour -- Worship
is followed by a social
time when we have the
opportunity to greet one another and become better
acquainted.
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Communion or the "Lord's Supper" is celebrated about once a month and on other special occasions through the year. Our communion service is "open" which means that all who are open to receiving and living by the love of God are welcome to receive communion.
Joys and Concerns is a central part of our worship each Sunday. This is the time during worship when we share the realities of our lives with each other. This both keeps us aware of each other and keeps our worship in touch with real life struggles.
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The Church Year. While we are not a "liturgical" or highly ceremonial church, we do observe the major festivals of the church year, such as Christmas, Lent, Holy Week and Easter.
Often our worship is organized around the seasons of the church year: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy week, Easter, and Pentecost. At other times our worship will take a thematic approach.
The Lectionary The New Common
Lectionary is a list of readings
from the Bible specified for each
Sunday of the church, typically,
one from the Hebrew Scriptures (Old
Testament), one from the New Testament
letters (Epistles) and one from the
New Testament Gospels. The lectionary
readings for the following Sunday
are printed in the bulletin, for
use during the week for your own
meditation and devotions and to prepare
yourself for Sunday worship.
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Children's Ministry
Our Children's Ministry Team organizes events and
activities for children to supplement our Sunday
School program. For example, Children's Ministry
has sponsored outings to Elkus Ranch and sleepovers
at Montara Lighthouse, game nights for families,
Easter egg hunts, Christmas caroling parties.
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CAMP ("Revival in the Redwoods")
Each summer for almost twenty years,
our church has provided a weeklong
camp for children third grade through
eighth grade. During the last couple
of years there have been more than
100 people at our camp, counting kids,
youth counselors, and adults. We develop
our own curriculum, prepare our own
food, sleep in tents and have a wonderful
time in the redwoods at Memorial Park
near Pescadero. Our camp has also provided
significant outreach to children beyond
our church family.
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Malama
Care Team
Our Malama is a group of people who
provide direct assistance and support
to others in the church family when
there is a special need like meals
after a hospital stay, emergency childcare,
rides to the doctor, and more. The
Malama group also supports a Prayer
Chain which informs those on the
chain about prayer requests and needs.
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Youth Ministry
MYF (Methodist Youth Fellowship). We have
two youth fellowship groups: for junior high (grades
6-8) and for senior high. MYF groups are primarily
fellowship groups, designed for young people to
experience the love and faith of the church through
participation in community rather than through study.
In addition to recreation, these groups include
discussion, sharing and service to others.
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Confirmation Class is an opportunity for youth 8th grade through senior high to learn more about faith and the church and to decide whether they want officially to become adult members of the church. Confirmation class is usually offered in the Spring.
Mission Projects each of the
past several summers, CUMC youth
have participated in mission projects
sponsored by Sierra Service Project.
Our youth have helped lead a vacation
Bible school for Native American
children in Round Valley in northern
California, and this past summer
our teens did home repairs on Native
American reservations in northern
California under the auspices of
Sierra Service Project.
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Adult Education
Personal, spiritual growth has been distinctive of Methodists since our beginnings. And our congregation has placed significant emphasis on
growth opportunities. We offer a variety of Bible studies each week, and we have thematic short-term classes, workshops and retreats to give people an opportunity to work intentionally on their spiritual lives.
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Bible Studies & Covenant Groups
Covenant groups are small groups of six
to eight people who meet weekly to
support each other and to grow spiritually.
The groups make a covenant or agreement
to begin with a commitment of six weeks.
Our pastor prepares a discussion guide
for these groups each week, which provides
a way for our covenant groups to explore
and share their faith with one another
as well as to come to worship, having
already thought about the topics to
be addressed in the sermon. Another
of our Bible studies is Mom
and Me a Bible study for moms with young children.
Moms and their little ones meet together
on Monday mornings for study and fellowship.
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UMW (United
Methodist Women)
UMW is a national organization of United Methodist
women, with local groups in most UM churches. The
purpose of UMW is to promote missions outreach
to people in need at home and throughout the world.
UMW also provides emotional and spiritual support
for its members. All women are welcome.
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World Service and other apportionments
a portion of the money we contribute to the larger
United Methodist church provides funding for an
uncountable number of ministries and projects in
the United States and all around the world.
Family Council of HMB we have a special relationship
with Family Council, the parent agency of the
Half Moon Bay Children's Center, which has operated
in our church facility five days per week for
well over a decade.
Boy Scouts the church has sponsored a troop for
decades. This troop has produced an extraordinary
number of Eagle Scouts.
Building Use. A number
of community, civic, and self-help groups use
our church facilities. These include the
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Rotary, and several
12-step self-help groups. Our facilities
have also hosted numerous concerts by the Half
Moon Bay Community Orchestra (which was originally
founded by CUMC in 1983), as well as other musical
groups, choirs, films and solo performers.
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